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Durham man denies theft of Shakespeare first edition

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Share A County Durham antiques dealer has denied stealing a £3m first edition of Shakespeare’s works dating from 1623. Raymond Scott, 53, of Wingate, near Peterlee, was originally arrested in June 2008 on suspicion of taking the folio from Durham University in 1998. Full Story »

Picasso portrait fetches £8.1m at Christie’s auction

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Share A Picasso masterpiece unseen in public for 43 years has gone under the hammer at auctioneers Christie’s for £8.1m. Tete de Femme (Jacqueline) had been expected to fetch £3m-£4m at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London. The painting, never offered at auction before, had remained in the same collection since 1981. Christie’s would not... »

Olympus announces mju TOUGH 3000

By News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

Pre-CES 2010:The first part of substantial compact camera range refresh by Olympus begins with the µ (mju) Tough 3000 (Europe / Asia name). As with previous Tough cameras the 3000 is shockproof to 1.5m, scratchproof, waterproof to 3m, and able to withstand temperatures as low as -10°C (or "freezeproof" if you like). Behind its... »

Warhol artwork sells for $43.8m

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Share Andy Warhol artwork 200 One Dollar Bills has sold in New York for $43.8m (£26.5m) – the second highest auction price for a work by the pop artist. The 1962 silk screen print, which shows 200 life-sized images of dollar bills, had a pre-sale estimate of $8m to $12m (£4.8m to £7.3m) at Sotheby’s. The contemporary... »

US BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE this week

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Share US BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE 1 Zombieland -$25m 2 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs – $24.6m 3 Toy Story & Toy Story 2 3D – $12.5m 4 The Invention of Lying -$7.4m 5 The Surrogates – $7.3m Source: Hollywood.com »

Van Dyck portrait could fetch £3m

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Share A self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck, owned by the same family for nearly 300 years, is expected to fetch up to £3m when it goes to auction. The artist painted the portrait in 1641 in the final months of his life, which were spent in London. Another portrait by van Dyck of his great friend Endymion... »

Willis film beaten by Meatballs

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Share Bruce Willis’s latest action movie has been beaten at the North American box office by animation Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. The 3D film raked in a further $24.6m (£15.4m), easily outperforming The Surrogates with $15m (£9.4m). The remake of performing arts musical film Fame entered the chart at three, with takings of $10m... »

Old Master price soars at auction

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A painting by Italian artist Giuseppe Zocchi sells for £1.3m at auction - £1m more than its estimated price. »

Transformers still rule UK cinema

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen remains top of the UK and Ireland box office, raking in £4.3m in its second week. »

Transformers tops US box office

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen triumphs in the North American box office chart, taking $201.2m (£122.3m) in its first five days. »

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